Ideas
Explore the world's #1 largest database of ideas and innovations, with 470,969 inspiring examples.
Trend Reports
Discover why 1,271 brands rely on our AI-powered Trend Reports to get better, faster insights.
Newsletter
Join 312,244 subscribers who rely on our weekly newsletter to keep up with need-to-know trends and insights.
How to Hunt
Learn more about how to hunt megatrends, ideas, patterns and opportunity.
Consumer Insights
Uncover major shifts and emerging opportunities with our exclusive PRO research.
Trend Reports
Discover why 1,271 brands rely on our AI-powered Trend Reports to get better, faster insights.
Newsletter
Join 312,244 subscribers who rely on our weekly newsletter to keep up with need-to-know trends and insights.
How to Hunt
Learn more about how to hunt megatrends, ideas, patterns and opportunity.
Advisory & Services
Accelerate innovation and ignite disruptive thinking with our award-winning programs and research.
Trend Reports
Get fast, customized trend reports, presentations and deep dives 20x faster than traditional research.
Plans
Get started today with a free consultation, our self-serve tools, or a dedicated program.
Articles & Magazine
Get inspired with our 4,215 innovation strategy articles, keynote, videos and innovation tools.
Innovation Awards
Trend Hunter’s Innovation Strategy Awards recognize the best innovation tactics gathered from our interviews with some of the world's most notable business leaders, authors and change makers.
Advisory & Services
Accelerate innovation and ignite disruptive thinking with our award-winning programs and research.
Innovation Assessment
Enhance your innovation potential with a deeper understanding of your unique innovation archetype and how your organization benchmarks.
FuturistU
Prepare for the years ahead with 100+ lessons, tactics, tools and frameworks with our full learning database.
Innovation Books
Join 20,000,000 people getting better and faster with our New York Times Bestselling books and keynote videos.
Jeremy Gutsche
Ignite your event or virtual event with our CEO, a NY Times Bestselling Author and one of the top innovation keynote speakers.
Our Team of Speakers & Virtual Presenters
Inspire your group with our most popular speakers on innovation, trends, change and futurism.
Custom Training & Events
Bring the Future Festival experience directly to your team or co-hosted custom event.
Custom Masterclasses
Join the world's leading brands who leverage our custom programs to accelerate innovation.
FuturistU 5-Day Program
Become a Futurist with our immersive 5-Day program at Future Festival World Summit.
Online eLearning
Learn the fundamentals of futurism and trends with 100+ online courses about innovation.
How to Hunt
Learn more about how to hunt megatrends, ideas, patterns and opportunity.
Contact
Get in touch to learn more, ask a question or submit a tip.
About Us
Learn more about Trend Hunter and how we accelerate innovation.
Follow-Us
Join our 3,500,000 social media followers, on the cutting edge.
How to Hunt
Learn more about how to hunt megatrends, ideas, patterns and opportunity.
FAQ
Get answers to common questions about Trend Hunter.
Community
Stay on the cutting-edge with the help of the Trend Hunter community.
Team
Meet the team trusted by hundreds of leading businesses worldwide.
Jobs
Find opportunities to accelerate your career with the #1 Trend Firm.
News
Catch up on noteworthy Trend Hunter news and media mentions.
Join
Build a portfolio and put your trend-spotting abilities to the test.
Advertising
Supercharge your marketing by partnering with Trend Hunter.
Portfolio
Visit your public portfolio and browse your past articles.
Add a Trend
Write up an article and showcase your trend-spotting skills.
My Trends
Edit your articles and see how they stack up on the leaderboards.
Settings
Edit your profile, connect your social media accounts, and more.
Add a trend, customize your dashboard, or track topics.
Future Festival
Innovation Events
Join the world's top innovators at our in person events.
Free Webinars
Learn to innovate through chaos, navigate the new normal and maintain work culture from home.
Custom Training & Events
Bring the Future Festival experience directly to your team or co-hosted custom event.
Search our database of 470,969 cutting edge ideas.

Eco Play

Eco initiatives enhance engagement with children through interaction and play

Implications - Businesses and institutions are educating children on the impacts of, and solutions to, various environmental issues. Whereas older generations grew up in an environment where sustainability and ethical consumption were not top of mind, these programs and innovations indicate a crucial shift in the way brands are engaging emerging consumers with various social and political issues–many of which that will affect them the most in the long term. Leveraging immersion and play to expedite the learning process enables brands to better reach the shortened attention spans of this demographic.
Workshop Question - How can your brand find immersive ways to get its customers to invest in causes?
Trend Themes
1. Eco Education - Brands are engaging children with environmental issues through immersive and play-based learning, indicating a shift toward sustainability and ethical consumption.
2. Interactive Learning - Games, PSAs, and storybooks are interactive and designed to engage children in solutions to environmental problems.
3. Green Play - Toys, schools, and tools are being designed for play that teaches environmental responsibility and sustainability.
Industry Implications
1. Education - The education industry can incorporate more interactive and play-based methods of teaching to make learning more engaging and effective.
2. Gaming - The gaming industry can continue to develop educational games that tackle important social, political, and environmental issues.
3. Toy - The toy industry can develop toys that teach children environmental responsibility and sustainability to help instill good habits at a young age.
4.3
Score
Popularity
Activity
Freshness
Patterns
Megatrends
8 Featured, 68 Examples:
209,691 Total Clicks
Date Range:
Jul 16 — Feb 18
Trending:
Warm
Consumer Insight Topics:

Featured Examples

Self-Cleaning Green Fish Tanks
Self-Cleaning Green Fish Tanks
'Back to the Roots' Water Garden Grows Organic Herbs and Sprouts
For all the aesthetic and emotional benefits of keeping fish as pets, the tanks can get pretty gnarly, but with ‘Back to the Roots’’ green fish tank, fishy friends can stay clean... MORE
Nursery School Farms
Nursery School Farms
This Nursery School Concept Could Provide Essential Skills to Children
This nursery school concept is one that recently won an architecture competition in London, England. The purpose of the contest was for competitors to create a kindergarten design that focuses on... MORE
Climate Change Video Games
Climate Change Video Games
'ECO' is an Environmental Game for Children by Strange Loop Games
If you are trying to get young people engaged and interested in green issues like climate change, this successfully crowdfunded environmental game could do the trick. Developed by Strange Loop Games,... MORE
Educational Water Events
Educational Water Events
The Children's Water Festival Highlights the Importance of Conservation
Understanding the impact that water has on the environment is vital in generating progress for conservation efforts, so the Children’s Water Festival gives youth an entertaining and... MORE
Lighthearted Climate Change Storybooks
Lighthearted Climate Change Storybooks
'The Tantrum That Saved The World' Teaches Kids Solutions
Climate change is an important topic to teach children from a young age to get them more focused on solutions now and as they grow, so ‘The Tantrum That Saved The World’ is a storybook... MORE
Children's Environmentalist Manuals
Children's Environmentalist Manuals
Home Grown Books' Environmental Pack is an Eco Book Set
Home Grown Books is a children’s publisher that specializes in themed volumes like this fun set of environmentalist manuals. The brand’s ‘Environmental Pack’ consists of... MORE
play_circle_filledEnvironmental Ninja Games
Environmental Ninja Games
Carbon Runner is an Endless Runner Video Game About Climate Change
Environmental video game Carbon Runner takes a nostalgic approach to addressing a very present and problematic issue. Developed by Pew Pew Studios, Carbon Runner helps teach kids about climate... MORE
Kid-Centered Environmental PSAs
Kid-Centered Environmental PSAs
The Government of Ontario Shows Who Climate Change is Affecting
The government of Ontario collaborated with Grey Advertising Agency and David Suzuki to raise awareness to the dangers of climate change if people don’t do something about it. The government... MORE

Related Examples

play_circle_filledPersonalized Classic Storybooks
Personalized Classic Storybooks
Wonderbly's 'My Golden Ticket' Offers a Tour of Willy Wonka's
Flavor-Maintaining Coffee Makers
Flavor-Maintaining Coffee Makers
The 'Coffee Gator' Pour Over Coffee Makers Ensure Optimal Brews
Indoor Plant-Watering Systems
Indoor Plant-Watering Systems
'Sanhih' Waters Plants When Users Go Away on Vacation
Tech-Free Watering Planters
Tech-Free Watering Planters
The 'Sanhih' House Plant Planter Hydrates Plants While You're Away
Traveler Water-Purifying Bottles
Traveler Water-Purifying Bottles
The GRAYL Ultralight Water Purifier Bottle is Designed for Travel
Portable Outdoor Rocking Chairs
Portable Outdoor Rocking Chairs
The GCI Waterside Beach Rocker Chair Relaxes You When Shoreside
Body-Launching Water Toys
Body-Launching Water Toys
The Fat Boys Blob Launch Pad Offers Intense Fun on the Water
play_circle_filledSmart Water-Conserving Taps
Smart Water-Conserving Taps
The BrighTap Shows How Much Water is Being Used in Real-Time
Crop-Growing Shipping Containers
Crop-Growing Shipping Containers
Freight Farm Grows the Equivalent of Two Acres of Farm Land
Rotating Cylinder Aquariums
Rotating Cylinder Aquariums
The 'Tau' Fish Tank Aquarium Offers Relaxation Benefits
At-Home Aquaponic Vegetable Gardens
At-Home Aquaponic Vegetable Gardens
This Aquatic Ecosystem Combines Gardening and Fish Keeping
Bedtime Story Video Series
Bedtime Story Video Series
The SacconeJolys are Filming a Series of Story Videos for Young Kids
Storybook Skincare Branding
Storybook Skincare Branding
The La Mer Hydrating Serum Packaging is Inspired by Children's Books
Kid-Friendly Resort Campaigns
Kid-Friendly Resort Campaigns
Chessington World of Adventures is Now Seeking the Expertise of Kids
play_circle_filledNostalgic Digital Painting Commercials
Nostalgic Digital Painting Commercials
Adobe Paid Homage to Bob Ross in a Series of Commercials
Symbiotic Fish Tank Gardens
Symbiotic Fish Tank Gardens
The Springworks Microfarm Aquaponic Garden Grows Fresh Produce
Troubled Adolescent Picture Books
Troubled Adolescent Picture Books
This Book Was Created to Highlight Issues Affecting Teens
Embroidered Egg Packaging
Embroidered Egg Packaging
The La Granja de la Abuela Pilar Branding Focuses on Farm Philosophy
Food Waste Chicken Treats
Food Waste Chicken Treats
Grubblies are Dried Fly Larvae Animal Feed That's Eco-Friendly
Wholesome Beauty Retailers
Wholesome Beauty Retailers
Skin Food's Queens New York Flagship Boasts Grocery-Inspired Displays
Process-Focused Cheese Packaging
Process-Focused Cheese Packaging
Lizavetinsky Goat Cheese is a Farm Product with Artisanal Roots
Zen Farmhouse Workouts
Zen Farmhouse Workouts
'Goat Yoga' Combines Fitness, Animals and the Great Outdoors
Wooden Flower Farms
Wooden Flower Farms
The Archihood WXY Dandelion Herbal Facility Offers a Natural Timber Structure
Cannabis-Infused Artisanal Chocolates
Cannabis-Infused Artisanal Chocolates
Défoncé Chocolatier Creates Sweet Treats with THC in the Mix
Luxe Camel Milk Shampoos
Luxe Camel Milk Shampoos
Camellure's Range of Hair Care Products is Inspired by Cleopatra
Concise Cleaning Product Branding
Concise Cleaning Product Branding
The 'BacAttack' Antibacterial Cleaning Products are Powerful
Animated Drawing Apps
Animated Drawing Apps
The Osmo Monster App Brings a Kid's Drawings to Life with Digital Reality
Kid-Friendly Electronic Kits
Kid-Friendly Electronic Kits
The Snap Circuits Jr. Makes Learning About Basic Electronics Easy
Children's Room Surveillance Kits
Children's Room Surveillance Kits
The 'Rule Your Room' Set Lets Kids Take Charge of Their Privacy
Customizable Baking Kits
Customizable Baking Kits
The Crayola Baking Kits Allow Kids to Customize Their Own Desserts
DIY Foosball Table Kits
DIY Foosball Table Kits
Seedling's Sporty Toy Encourages Hands-On and Creative Play
Children's Cross-Stitch Kits
Children's Cross-Stitch Kits
Seedling's Cactus Embroidery Kit Encourages Hands-On Play
Children's Book Taxidermy
Children's Book Taxidermy
'The Art of Dr. Seuss' Website Sells the Cartoon Characters as Wall Art
Handcrafted Video Games
Handcrafted Video Games
Lumino City is a Handmade Puzzle Adventure That Merges Digital with Crafts
Story-Rewinding Games
Story-Rewinding Games
Episodic Video Game Life is Strange Lets Players Affect Previous Events
Humanitarian Video Game Festivals
Humanitarian Video Game Festivals
The Games for Change Festival Links Gaming With Social Good
Wonderland-Themed Wallpaper Murals
Wonderland-Themed Wallpaper Murals
This Wonderland Wallpaper is Inspired by The Famous Book
play_circle_filledInformative Assault PSAs
Informative Assault PSAs
The Cast of the Girls TV Series Released a PSA About Sexual Assault
Startling Real Estate Stunts
Startling Real Estate Stunts
The Salvation Army Open House Spotlights the Issue of Poverty
3D-Printed Aquariums
3D-Printed Aquariums
The Haruka Misawa Fish Tanks Feature 3D-Engineered Aquatic Compositions
Urban Planning Games
Urban Planning Games
The Block'hood Video Game Encourages Thinking About Sustainable Growth
Mangled Emoji Sculptures
Mangled Emoji Sculptures
'The Last Emoji' Installation Marks Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Aquarium Fern Cubes
Aquarium Fern Cubes
Haruka Misawa's Fish Tank Features Plants Growing Inside a Circular Dome
play_circle_filledInternational Aid Worker PSAs
International Aid Worker PSAs
The 'Every Last Child' Ad Depicts the Life of an Aid Worker
Kid-Friendly Festival Accessories
Kid-Friendly Festival Accessories
This Feather Crown Kit Helps Kids Make a Concert-Ready Accessory
play_circle_filledTouching Food Waste PSAs
Touching Food Waste PSAs
This Save the Food PSA Delivers a Powerful Message About Food Waste
DIY Doll Kits
DIY Doll Kits
Seedling's Personalized Doll Toy is Reflective of a Young Maker Culture
DIY Mask Kits
DIY Mask Kits
This Retro Toy Kit Lets Children Create a Personalized Superhero Mask
play_circle_filledHairy Pollution PSAs
Hairy Pollution PSAs
This Ad by 'WildAid China' Conveys the Dangers of China's Air Polluttion
play_circle_filledAnti-Smoking Cat Ads
Anti-Smoking Cat Ads
The Latest 'Truth' PSA Uses this Humorous Cat Ad to Warm Against Smoking
3D-Printed Picture Books
3D-Printed Picture Books
The Tactile Picture Books Project Helps Blind Children Follow a Story
Cylindrical Fish Tanks
Cylindrical Fish Tanks
The Norrom Aquarium Modernizes the Classic Design in a Chic Way
Kitchen Aquaponics Kits
Kitchen Aquaponics Kits
The DUO Aquarium Garden Grows Herbs and Houses Fish in Symbiosis
play_circle_filledStatistical Sexual Assault PSAs
Statistical Sexual Assault PSAs
The 'It's on Us' Campaign Uses a Bear Attack as a Metaphor for Men
play_circle_filledAutism Awareness Campaigns
Autism Awareness Campaigns
This Animated Short Tells Parents About the Early Signs of Autism
play_circle_filledHybrid Aquarium House Plants
Hybrid Aquarium House Plants
This Aquaponic Farming Kit Doubles as a Fish Tank and Plant Pot
Pollution Awareness Video Games
Pollution Awareness Video Games
The 'Battle For Big Blue' Educates People on Oceanic Pollution
Garden-Growing Fish Tanks
Garden-Growing Fish Tanks
This Fish Tank Water Garden is from Startup Back to the Roots
Gamified Eco Apps
Gamified Eco Apps
The Oroeco App and Climate Change Game Gets You to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Eco Awareness Games
Eco Awareness Games
Koda Quest's Eco Game Blends Real Challenges with Caring for a Virtual Pet
Gamified Garbage Disposals
Gamified Garbage Disposals
This Augmented Reality Trash Can Turns Garbage Into Multimedia Tetris
Gamified Pollution Apps
Gamified Pollution Apps
Helene Ly's Air Quality Game Helps You Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Endangered Virtual Pet Games
Endangered Virtual Pet Games
Pets Endangered Species Lets You Take Care of Disappearing Animals
Kid-Friendly Ecology Apps
Kid-Friendly Ecology Apps
Tinybop's Second Educational Kids' App Centers Around Plants & Animals
Interactive Donation Games
Interactive Donation Games
Kraft 'Huddle to Fight Hunger' Campaign Asks Users to Play & Donate
Vegan Video Games
Vegan Video Games
The Dungeons and Dredmor Veganism Skill is a New Addition
play_circle_filledInteractive Ecotecture Games
Interactive Ecotecture Games
The Autodesk Retrofits Game Teaches You While You Play
play_circle_filledEco Zombie Games
Eco Zombie Games
Plants vs Zombies Resurrects Michael Jackson From the Dead